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Context Context
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The Egyptian Case in Comparative Perspective The Egyptian Case in Comparative Perspective
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Who Participated, How, When, and Why? Who Participated, How, When, and Why?
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Did Workers' Mobilization Affect the Outcome of the Uprising? Did Workers' Mobilization Affect the Outcome of the Uprising?
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5 The Power of Workers in Egypt's 2011 Uprising
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Published:September 2012
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Abstract
This chapter argues that sustained and widespread workers' mobilization during the last three days before Mubarak stepped down, played a critical role in bringing about this outcome, despite the fact that this form of mobilization did not uniformly adopt the goal of toppling the regime. In addition—and in contrast to the widespread perception that workers joined the uprising only at the end—individual workers as well as some workers groups, especially those who had established independent unions prior to 25 January, collectively mobilized at the start of the uprising and embraced its political demands. This analysis contributes two important insights to the broader literature on the role of labor in democratization. First, the Egyptian case highlights the potential for workers to play a decisive role in bringing down an authoritarian incumbent without uniformly articulating a pro-democracy stance. The existing literature accords little attention to this possibility, because it focuses solely on the conditions under which labor explicitly advocates for democratic change. Second, the Egyptian case highlights that labor mobilization need not be orchestrated or coordinated by organized groups, such as unions or parties, in order to have a consequential impact on democratization.
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